The ZX Spectrum (UK: /zɛd ɛks/) is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research. One of the most influential computers ever made...
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The ZX Spectrum character set is the variant of ASCII used in the ZX Spectrum family computers. It is based on ASCII-1967 but the characters ^, ` and...
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The ZX Spectrum's software library was very diverse. While the majority of the software produced for the system was video games, others included programming...
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The ZX Spectrum Next is an 8-bit home computer, initially released in 2017, which is compatible with software and hardware for the 1982 ZX Spectrum. It...
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The following is a list of clones of Sinclair Research's ZX Spectrum home computer. This list includes both official clones (from Timex Corporation) and...
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This is a sortable list of games for the ZX Spectrum home computer. There are currently 1995 games in this incomplete list. According to the 90th issue...
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The ZX Spectrum Vega is a modern redesign of the ZX Spectrum in the form of a miniaturised TV game, created with the involvement of Sir Clive Sinclair...
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The original ZX Spectrum computer produces a one bit per pixel, bitmapped colour graphics video output. A composite video signal is generated through...
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The ZX Spectrum Vega+ is a handheld game console based on the ZX Spectrum and designed by Rick Dickinson as a follow-up to the ZX Spectrum Vega handheld...
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The ZX Interface 1, launched in 1983, was a peripheral from Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer. Originally intended as a local area network...
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Micromania, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC Raiders5, UPL, Arcade Wriggler, Devonshire, ZX Spectrum Zone X, Gremlin Graphics, Atari 8-bit 1986 A-Maze, K'Soft, ZX Spectrum...
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computing to a generation, with more that 1.5 million sold. In 1982 the ZX Spectrum was released, becoming the UK's best selling computer, and competing...
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The ZX Touch (ZXT) is a handheld gaming console from Elmar Electronic, released on 18 November 2023, specifically for playing ZX Spectrum games. It features...
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Music tracker (redirect from Soundtracker (ZX Spectrum))
Diskmag Module file Tracker Alternative demo platforms Amiga Commodore 64 ZX Spectrum Amstrad CPC Current parties Alternative Party Assembly Chaos Constructions...
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home computer for less than £100) and in the early 1980s, the ZX81, ZX Spectrum and the Sinclair QL. Sinclair Research is widely recognised for its importance...
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Sinclair QL (redirect from ZX-83)
launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, as an upper-end counterpart to the ZX Spectrum. The QL was the last desktop microcomputer aimed at the serious home...
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The ZX Microdrive is a magnetic-tape data storage system launched in July 1983 by Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer. It was proposed...
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its home computers beginning with the Amstrad CPC and later also the ZX Spectrum range after the Sinclair deal, which led it to have a substantial share...
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Ocean Software (redirect from Spectrum Games (publishing company))
developed dozens of games for a variety of home computer systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Oric 1, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 16,...
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purposes. The ZX Printer was also compatible with the earlier ZX80 computer (when fitted with the 8kB ROM upgrade) and the later ZX Spectrum, and plugged...
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TRS-80, ZX Spectrum) 1983: H.U.R.G: High-Level User-Friendly Real-Time Games Designer (ZX Spectrum) 1984: Castle of Terror (Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum), Hampstead...
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Jetpac (category ZX Spectrum games)
developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game and released for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20 in 1983 and the BBC Micro in 1984. It is the first game to...
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as the Commodore 64, Apple IIGS, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, MSX and the ZX Spectrum. Reception Tetris was a commercial success in Europe and the United States:...
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Zhongxing) Walkman ZX Series, a series of digital audio players made by Sony ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum, home computers produced by Sinclair ZX Auto, also known...
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5200, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Apple II, MS-DOS, Mac, Amiga...
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SpecDrum (category ZX Spectrum)
selling hardware add-ons for the ZX Spectrum. The device connected to the expansion bus on the ZX Spectrum. The ZX Spectrum ran software that was used to...
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TK90X (category ZX Spectrum clones)
The TK90X was a Brazilian ZX Spectrum clone made in 1985 by Microdigital Electrônica, a company from São Paulo, that had previously manufactured ZX80...
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"CJ's Elephant Antics". ZZap64 (72): 35. April 1991. "Dizzy". World of Spectrum. Retrieved 13 September 2013. "Big Nose Freaks Out for PC reviews". Metacritic...
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would be followed by enhanced models in the form of the ZX Spectrum+ and 128. The ZX Spectrum series would sell more than 5 million units. The machine...
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Composite artifact colors (section ZX Spectrum)
colors on machines with a sufficiently high resolution display, like the ZX Spectrum, Mega Drive/Genesis, NES/Famicom or Amiga. In the NTSC color system as...
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